Monthly Archives: December 2016

Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has congratulated a group of Australian students who reproduced the active ingredient for a life-saving, anti-parasitic drug at the center of a drug-price controversy involving his former company.
The students from Sydney Grammar School drew...

World's deadliest snakes
CHENGALPATTU, India: A small scythe, a crowbar and a bundle of canvas bags are all that Kali and Vedan carry when they venture into the fields of southern India to catch some of the world's deadliest snakes....

Kuwait Times caught up with British musician Sami Yusuf just before his concert yesterday at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre. Yusuf was named the "King of Islamic Pop" by the Al-Jazeera network and listed by the BBC as one...

'Don't use phone during thunderstorms'
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's relations and security media department and Kuwait Fire Service Department (KFSD) urged all citizens and expats to be very careful during heavy rain and thunderstorms, during which the following safety measures...

KUWAIT: MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei has urged leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to turn the council into a confederation. In a tweet, Tabtabaei said that in view of threats and major challenges, GCC leaders have to turn it...

RIYADH: Kuwait has ranked first among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries attracting commercial banks from fellow member states to open branches in the country, a statistical report revealed yesterday. Kuwait is hosting eight branches of GCC commercial banks,...

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health offers due services to all persons with disabilities in Kuwait, who hit 41,330 till the first quarter of 2016, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Khaled Al-Sahlawi, citing statistics of the Public Authority for...

ABU DHABI: Representatives of around 40 countries yesterday approved plans to establish a fund to protect heritage sites in war zones and a network of safe havens for endangered artworks. A closing statement issued after two days of talks...

BARCELONA: Sergio Ramos’s stoppage-time equaliser maintained Real Madrid’s six-point lead at the top of La Liga as the European champions salvaged a 1-1 draw at Barcelona in yesterday’s El Clasico. Luis Suarez looked to have breathed new life into...

CHAPEC: The bodies of 50 players, coaches and staff from a Brazilian football team wiped out in a plane crash in Colombia arrived home yesterday for a massive funeral. Fireworks lit up the sky over the stadium in Chapeco...